Melbourne City will be taking on visiting club Brisbane Roar at AAMI Park in this A-League tie on Friday.
Our Melbourne City v Brisbane Roar predictions, statistics and match poll can be seen below - plus the latest betting odds.
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Form Guide
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Melbourne City
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Melbourne City, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 1-0 A-League success vs Central Coast Mariners.
In that game, Melbourne City had 65% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer for Melbourne City was Medin Memeti (29'). For their opponents, Central Coast Mariners got 7 attempts at goal with 0 on target.
In their preceding 6 games, Aurelio Vidmar's Melbourne City have seen rewards for their attempts on goal a total of 9 times - an average number of goals scored per match equal to 1.5.
Going into this encounter, Melbourne City have not lost a league tie with Brisbane Roar in their last 2 matches.
Brisbane Roar
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After suffering a loss in their previous game against Macarthur FC in A-League action, Brisbane Roar will be hoping to turn things around here.
In that match, Brisbane Roar had 46% possession and 16 shots at goal with 4 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Brisbane Roar was Asumah Abubakar (28'). On the other side, Macarthur FC got 17 attempts on goal with 9 of them on target. Marin Jakoliš (44', 55', 73'), Jake Hollman (68') and Harry Sawyer (90') scored for Macarthur FC.
Demonstrating their involvement in productive encounters, goals have been celebrated 20 times in the prior 6 matches in which Brisbane Roar have taken to the field, yielding a mean average of 3.33 goals each meeting. Their opponents have got 13 from this total. That kind of trend might not be continued into this next game, of course.
Looking at their past form shows that Brisbane Roar:
- haven't beaten Melbourne City when they have played them away from home in the previous 18 league matches. Imagine their relief when they finally get an away win.
- are unbeaten in their previous 2 league matches away from home.
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Head to head
Inspecting their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 21/01/2023 shows us that Melbourne City have won 4 of these games & Brisbane Roar 1, with the number of drawn games being 1.
Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 24 in total at an average of 4 goals per match.
The previous league encounter between these sides was A-League match day 13 on 11/01/2025 when it ended Melbourne City 1-0 Brisbane Roar.
That time, Melbourne City had 47% possession and 14 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. The scorer was Benjamin Mazzeo (65').
On the other side, Brisbane Roar had 4 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.
The match was refereed by Casey Reibelt.
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Team News: Melbourne City
James Nieuwenhuizen (Knee injury), James Jeggo (Sore muscles), Mathew Leckie (Calf injury), Andrew Nabbout (Cruciate ligament tear) and Jayden Necovski (Cruciate ligament tear) will not be taking part for Melbourne City boss Aurelio Vidmar.
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Team News: Brisbane Roar
Brisbane Roar manager Ruben Zadkovich has multiple availability issues to deal with. Corey Brown (unknown injury) and Ben Warland (Cruciate ligament tear) are those who can’t be considered.
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Prediction
We’ve got the feeling that Melbourne City will more than likely score at least once against Brisbane Roar, who will be up against it getting on the scoresheet.
Our tip is for a controlled 2-0 win for Melbourne City when the full-time whistle blows.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?
Turning to the betting odds in the WDW market, backing Melbourne City is best priced at 1.42, a bet on the game finishing all-square is 4.33 and betting on the winner to be Brisbane Roar can be had at 8. These are the best of the returns being offered at the moment.
Lucas Pereira,
16:05 07/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Melbourne City
Formed: 2009
Stadium: AAMI Park (30,050)
Captain: Aziz Behich
Chairman: Khaldoon Al Mubarak
Manager: Aurelio Vidmar
Competitions: A-League position 3
🔑 Key Player: Medin Memeti
Regularly taking up the Striker position, Medin Memeti was born in Australia. After having played his first senior match for Melbourne City in the 2024 - 2025 season, the goalscoring Forward has scored a sum of 4 league goals in this A-League 2024 - 2025 season to date in 14 appearances.